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HSC Farewell

or nearly 20 years, the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) was at the forefront of identifying and analyzing emerging health care trends in communities. On Dec. 31, 2013, HSC merged with Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) and ceased operations as an independent organization.

The HSC website will be available for the foreseeable future, and all ongoing HSC projects at the time of the merger will be completed by HSC researchers, many of whom have joined MPR’s Health Division.

Over the years, HSC has received generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute for Health Care Reform and other funders to provide objective, high-quality research to inform health care policy makers and other stakeholders.